While we were passing through the Southern Highway, it was not difficult to find good places to stop for a while to admire the scenery or take beautiful pictures. As we drove along, we discovered many highlights along the way. So far we had seen many places surrounded by nature, but no place to leave the beloved Worldmappin sticker. Until the right place appeared, and it turns out that a lot of travellers had been waiting to leave their sticker too ❤️.
After the intense trekking we did to see one of the most beautiful places I have ever seen in Chile and in my life, the Cerro Castillo and its lagoon of the same name, we didn't have much more energy than to go to sleep. We needed a bed and we found a hostel for $20 per person. We were so tired that day that we didn't even try to find a cheaper place, we accepted the price and that was it. The next day, with all our batteries recharged, we had breakfast in a small local restaurant and continued our journey north, with the aim of reaching Puyuhuapi.
It is more than 300 kilometres to Villa Cerro Castillo, where we were, so obviously we were not going to be able to do it all in one day. As we knew that we would inevitably make an intermediate stop for the night, we were relaxed and allowed ourselves to make a few stops in between. One of them was at a beautiful viewpoint on the Ibañez River and the other, where we saw a waterfall 100 metres away.
After the 13 km round trip we had done the day before, walking 100 metres was nothing. This waterfall is called Cascada Condor and is pleasant enough to see during a stop to stretch our legs. It was a well-marked trail and you could get as close to the water as you wanted, at the risk of getting a bit wet but getting a good view of it.
We were about ten days into our trip and this was the first waterfall we came across. In all the previous trip we had seen many mountains, glaciers, fjords, lakes, but few waterfalls. It was nice to find this one by chance, in such a quiet place and without needing so much effort to see it. It was even visible from the road as a white thread among all the vegetation.
Before leaving, we took a look at the sign indicating the name of the waterfall. Well, what we could see of it, because it was already covered with stickers. Of course I wanted to leave mine too: at first glance it looked like there was no more room, but if you look hard enough there is always a little corner. Can you find where I stuck it 😃?
What I like most about the stickers is that behind them there is probably a great story about how these people got there and managed to make their mark. My story was quite long and went back several months, but I was glad that it led me to that exact place. Now my sticker is on the sign at the Condor Waterfall, along with those of so many other travellers who have had the chance to walk this beautiful route like me ❤️.
With lots of love. / Con mucho amor.
Lau 💕.
